Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.
Read the passage and answer questions that follow. Write complete sentences and use evidence from the text.
Option 3:
—Cecil Jacobs…had announced in
the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. I denied it, but told
Jem.
—“What’d he mean sayin‘ that?” I
asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus, he’ll tell you.
—” “Do you defend Nwords,
Atticus?” …
—“Of course I do. Don’t say Nword.,
Scout. That’s common.
—” “‘s what everybody at school
says.”
— “From now on it’ll be everybody
less one—”…
—…. “Do all lawyers defend
n-Negroes, Atticus?”
— “Of course they do, Scout.”
— “Then why did Cecil say you
defended Nword.? He made it sound like you were runnin‘ a still.”“
— Atticus sighed. “I’m simply
defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson...you aren’t old enough to understand
some things yet, but there’s been some high talk …that I shouldn’t do much
about defending this man…
—“If you shouldn’t be defendin‘
him, then why are you doin’ it?”
—“For a number of reasons,” said
Atticus. “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…I
couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.”
1. What
is being said in school about Atticus?
2. Why
do you think Jem tells Scout to ask Atticus? Explain
3. What
does this quote say about Atticus: “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t
hold up my head in town…I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something
again.”
Option 2:
—Cecil Jacobs…had announced in
the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. I denied it, but told
Jem.
—“What’d he mean sayin‘ that?” I
asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus...
—” “Do you defend Nwords,
Atticus?” …
—“Of course I do. Don’t say
Nword., Scout. ..
—” “‘s what everybody at school
says.”
— “From now on it’ll be everybody
less one—”…
—…. “Do all lawyers defend
n-Negroes, Atticus?”
— “Of course they do, Scout.”
— “Then why did Cecil say you
defended Nword.? ...”“
— Atticus sighed. “I’m simply
defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson...you aren’t old enough to understand
some things yet…
—“If you shouldn’t be defendin‘
him, then why are you doin’ it?”
—“For a number of reasons,” said
Atticus. “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…I
couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.”
1.
What did Cecil Jacobs announce in school?
2.
What does Atticus not want Scout to say?
3.
Why is Atticus defending Tom Robison?
Option 1:
—Cecil
Jacobs… announced in the school …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. I
denied it, but told Jem.
1.
What did Cecil
Jacobs announce in school?
—“What’d
he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus...
—”
“Do you defend Nwords, Atticus?” …
2.
What 2 things
does Scout want to know?
—“Of
course I do. Don’t say Nword., Scout. ..
—….
“Do all lawyers defend n-Negroes, Atticus?”
3.
What does Atticus
not want Scout to say?
—“If
you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”
Atticus
said. … “if I didn’t (defend Tom Robinson) I couldn’t hold up my head in town…
4.
Why is Atticus defending
Tom Robison?
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